INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2008
"Local Meets Global"

Monday Nov 17th

9:00 am to 6:00 pm USU Beach Ballrooms
International Symposium: Global Women’s Organizations Negotiate Religion

Dr. Ellen Gruenbaum of Purdue University will speak about the practice of female circumcision in Sierra Leone amongst Muslims and Christians. Both Muslims and Christians in Sierra Leone believe in the reality of witchcraft, and the fear of it is part of the reinforcement of the beliefs in practicing this initiation--into the Bundu (or Bondo) or Sande society. The women's organizations in both Sierra Leone and Sudan have indeed had a challenge defining the opposition to the practice in religious terms. In Sudan, Muslim teachers are being recruited to articulate Islamic anti-circumcision theology, and in Sierra Leone, Pentecostal ministers are taking the lead, both of them working with women's organizations.

Dr. Sherine Hafez, from UC Riverside, will speak of women’s Islamic movements in Egypt. The title of her latest book is The Terms of Empowerment: Islamic Women's Activism in Cairo. She describes her presentation: “In investigating Islamic women's activism in Cairo, my goal is to interpret the impact of their activism on the production of desire and subjectivity. My talk is concerned with asking how Egyptian women find empowerment in Islamism when Islamists have traditionally been viewed as the opposers of women's liberation around the world? Do women find empowerment in Islamism or is
this newly found bond with Islam a form of "false consciousness?" How can Islamic activism empower Muslim women in Egypt today? To search for answers to these questions without representing Islamic women's movement in Cairo as a stage in the progression of Egyptian society towards the grand narrative of modernity, it is important to elevate the discussion to one that views these Islamic women as situated within the specific historical circumstances which produce their desires and subjectivities.”

Azza Basarudin, a PhD candidate from UCLA, will focus on the faith-centered struggle of Malaysian intellectual-activists for gender justice and social transformation in Islam. She will explore gender politics and religious activism as a site for contesting conventional Islamic exclusivity to (re)imagine a Muslim Ummah that is inclusive of women’s concerns, experiences and realities within the transnational discourse of Muslim/Islamic feminisms.

CSULB Student Panelists:

Lacette Price will speak about African eco-feminisms.
Jessica Safani will present her findings on the topic of economic hardship and the rise of dominionism within the United States, and the ways in which women have been both complicit in fueling the movement and in fighting against it.
Erin McCready will discuss Palestinian women’s movements in the Occupied Territories.
Julie Claypool will analyze postmodernism as it applies to the study of women and religion in the developing world.
Marina Wood will be presenting her research on Guatemalan women's
organizations.  She went on a ten day delegation in July 2008 to
Guatemala with the feminist Orange County-based non profit Mujeres
Inicianando en las Americas (MIA) with whom she met with a series of
women's organizations.  Marina will be showing photographs of these
groups as well as describing how each separate group negotiates
religion.

Tuesday November 18th

All day (9:00 am to 10:00 pm) USU 205ABC Huntington Room
Study Abroad Photo Display

Photos taken by some of the large number of students who went abroad this past summer on trips with our own CSULB faculty.  Perhaps you will be inspired to take one of these trips next summer.

9:30 am – 11:00 am USU 205ABC Huntington Room
South East Asian Health: Structural Inequalities and Promoting Global Multicultural Prevention and Intervention

CSULB students Joanna Wankier and Leslie Quoch will conduct this presentation.

All day (10:00 am to 9:00 pm) Quad area between FA and LA buildings
Practicing Peace Festival

The Center for Peace and Social Justice along with the College of Liberal Arts is hosting a campus & community festival for Peace. An all inclusive event of dialogue, performance, action and celebration dedicated to creating a more peaceful and just world.  The Center for International Education is a proud sponsor of this event and information on how study or service learning abroad can help you practice peace will be available during the course of the festival.

12:00 pm- 1:00pm USU South West Terrace
Studio Jazz Band to perform

CSULB faculty member, Gerhard Gutter will be directing one of CSULB's large jazz bands playing music that is simultaneously local and global.

Wednesday November 19th

All day (9:00 am to 10:00 pm) USU 205ABC Huntington Room
Study Abroad Photo Display

Photos taken by some of the large number of students who went abroad this past summer on trips with our own CSULB faculty.  Perhaps you will be inspired to take one of these trips next summer.

9:00 am to 10:30am USU 205ABC Huntington Room
Chinese Tradition and Culture in Health and Daily Life

CSULB faculty member Dr. Shuhua An and the following CSULB students will present on these topics:

Yi An, Graduate Student of Chemistry & Biochemistry - Introduce Chinese Health Tradition on Using Herbs and Tea in Daily Life
Lu Sun, Graduate Student of Teacher Education - Demonstrate Appropriate Ways to Make Green Tea
Shu Zhang, Graduate Student of Asian & Asain-American Studies - Demonstrate and Teach a Famous Chinese Tai Qi Exercise

11:00am - 12:00pm USU 205ABC Huntington Room
Power of Understanding, Study Abroad Presentation

As a student, why should you study abroad and what will it do for you? Why should we be aware of other cultures around us? All the answers lie in the power of understanding rather than trying to be understood. Are you interested yet?

Brittney Massey is a Communication Studies major and receiving her minor in Psychology. This last summer she traveled to Melbourne, Sydney and Cairns, Australia. Deeply impacted and inspired by her time abroad, Brittney is excited to share her experiences and to encourage others to consider the benefits of studying abroad. Come find out how she did it (fundraising strategies), how she was enlightened, and the meaning behind the power of understanding.

12:00pm-1:30 pm USU 205ABC Huntington Room
Study Abroad Experience in China

Students Michiko Schricker, Courtney Colborn, Chih-Yi Ku, Nour Kweider, and Miki Mori will present their experiences studying in China.

12:00pm -1:30 pm FA4 311
Art Programs in China

Professor Chris Miles will present information on Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Also, there will be Q&A on the procedure of applying for this study opportunity in China.

2:00pm - 4:30 pm USU 205ABC Huntington Room
Singaporean Film Presentation: I Not Stupid

Thursday November 20th

All day (9:00 am to 10:00 pm) USU 205ABC Huntington Room
Study Abroad Photo Display

Photos taken by some of the large number of students who went abroad this past summer on trips with our own CSULB faculty.  Perhaps you will be inspired to take one of these trips next summer.

9:30am - 11:30 am USU 205ABC Huntington Room
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
Workshop on Increasing Education Abroad Participation Among Minority Students

LaNitra Berger from NAFEO will present “Survey on Foreign Languages, International Studies, and Study Abroad Opportunities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Primarily Black serving Institutions (PBIs)” and explain how this data can be used to increase minority student participation in international education programs on CSULB’s campus.  CSULB students who participated in the recent study abroad trip to Tanzania will also participate and discuss their experiences.

3:30 pm to 5:30 pm USU Beach Auditorium
Careers at the United Nations: a Public Lecture

Nelly Keita, Office of Human Resource Management, United Nations Secretariat, New York will talk about careers at the United Nations

3:30 pm to 5:30 pm Anatol Center
Ambasador Zhang Yun, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles

CSULB is honored to have this special guest speak to students and faculty about the People's Republic of China.

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm USU Beach Auditorium
Film: Outsourced followed by a Presentation on Outsourcing

Friday November 21st

12:30pm - Soroptomist House
International Thanksgiving Potluck -Bring your favorite international dish, Turkey and fixins provided.

International Education Week is directed by the Center for International Education and co-sponsored by the following entities: African Studies Subcommittee; Center for European Studies; Graziadio Center for Italian Studies; East Asia Subcommittee; European Studies Subcommittee; International Education Committee; International Student Association; Middle East/Near East Subcommittee; European Studies Subcommittee; Multicultural Center; Odyssey; Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society; South Asia Subcommittee. For more information, please contact Nathan Jensen, Center for International Education, BH-201; phone: (562) 985-8437 or email: njensen@csulb.edu.

For information about International Education Week from the US Department of Education and State, please visit: http://iew.state.gov/